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Microsoft promises to fix Skype chat syncing

It’s been nearly three months in the making but Microsoft is finally 
delivering on a promise to fix an annoying issue that has plagued Skype 
users for several months.<br />

Frequent <a href="http://askneed.blogspot.com/2014/02/skype-61432104-full-version-offline.html" target="_blank">Skypers </a>are no doubt familiar with the product’s synching 
issues. Using the service to chat with friends and family on your 
desktop doesn’t present much of an issue but when you move to a 
smartphone or tablet, messages often fail to sync properly. As a result,
 it’s not uncommon to be bombarded with outdated message notifications.<br />
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Microsoft transitioned from peer-to-peer networks to cloud-powered 
servers to power the service but unfortunately, Skype’s infrastructure 
wasn’t<a href="http://askneed.blogspot.com/2014/02/skype-61432104-full-version-offline.html" target="_blank"> </a><a href="http://askneed.blogspot.com/2014/02/skype-61432104-full-version-offline.html" target="_blank">adapted</a> quickly enough to handle the influx of mobile users with 
multiple devices which is what caused the issues to begin with.<br />

But now, the sync issues have all been rectified in the latest versions
 of the app for Android, iOS, Windows and Windows Phone. Additionally, 
Microsoft has improved the push notification experience within Skype and
 also baked in some performance enhancements.<br />

As<a href="http://askneed.blogspot.com/2014/03/microsoft-promises-to-fix-skype-chat.html" target="_blank"> </a><a href="http://askneed.blogspot.com/2014/02/skype-61432104-full-version-offline.html" target="_blank">outlined</a>
 in a recent blog post on the matter, Microsoft also improved load times
 for the app and for recent conversations. Furthermore, it is now faster
 to return to the app as it runs in the background and battery life is 
also said to be improved.<br />

Looking ahead, the Skype team is planning to <a href="http://askneed.blogspot.com/2014/03/microsoft-promises-to-fix-skype-chat.html" target="_blank">enhance</a> the experience 
even more by limiting notifications to the device you’re actively using.